Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-27

A DUKES TALK.
Marlborough Gives His Views - The
Differences He Oh eryss in So.
cial Life of England and
Amsrica-No Such Thing Hero as Country
L fc-POwer of Organization OF Amer
lean Peoplo-The Most Import
ant Industry.
New York World.

The Duke Of Marlborough, who has
been in this country for the last three
months, sails for Liverpool November 26
on his way back TO London. He says
that he has enjoyed his trip and has rel
ished the glimpses of America and Ameri-
cen affairs which he has gotten, and
intends to return for more extended
visit next autumn.
/ He was s~ked: "What difference have
you observed in the social life of England
and America?"
"rhe system of life in the upper classes
of this country presents some difference
to that pursued in England" replied the
Duke. "rhere is Very little difference
between the systems Of social entertain
ment in Eag and and America
as practiced in city Ike New York. The
luxury one finde in private houses and
the comfort and general taste displayed
ale quite equal III New York to anything
that you can fGd in either London or
Paris. The HABITS of the people differ in
one important respect. Ia Nsw York
there is absolutely no idle class Of men
The consequence is that 1t is Impossible
to have exactly the same social world
which we find 10 lazy capital like Lon
don, or as was formerly TO be found in
Paris under the empire. Everybody wlo
Is luxuriously incline d, ard seeks for So
cial pleasure, will be tempted to go to
these old metropolises OF the Old
World. In New York the system
of life is necessarily more simple, and /
may even say more natural, than in Eu
rope. There Is not the same craving foE
daily excitement that is met with in
large community of idlers, and l think.
that the people of this country have moth
ing TO complain of n that they are free
from this development of European civil
ization. One thing, however, strikes me-
as peculiar. 1t is always said in EurOpe
that the American woman Is quite I'M
suited for country life, end that one IN
derstands this better after visit to this
country. AS a TACT, there is no suCo
thipg as country life in the United States
as we understand it in Englaad
II am not abiding to the
country life in England Of persons who
have large properties end to great for
tunes, but the country life simply Of per-
SOUS Of leisure ard retirement. Ar En-
glish country gentleman has his small
house in London, where he lives with hs
family during the so-called parliamentary
and fashionable season, and at the end OF
il he goes to his country place, which
may be of a very modest ard uDpreten
tlous character, and may not ne sur
rounded by more than few hundred
acres of lard Here be has his home
f$im and little game covers, ana here the
whole family thro VS. itself into the enuse
ments of the country in way that an
American has not yet learned to realize.
| "The Eu9lishman loves his farm; d
delights in improving his stock; he looks
! forward to the cattle SHOWS, and the Local
race meetings, and his winter sport and
bunting The lady loves her garden; enc
is interested in the village school; she
tries her best to interest herself in local
matters Of every description. UndouDt-
edIy 1t is refining influence In our coun-
try districts in England that the local
gentry do spend Ia sc portion Of their
lime amidst the rural population where
their ancestors have been bred aud b RI.
"The association of en- EngIishman is
with the home-;he little country home
OF his ancestors. The men who
have gone forth from the earliest
times to colonize and populate this
and other countries have always looked
backed as TO one Of their brightest recOl
lections to the little country seat where
their family was bred and born, and where
they passed the days of their early child
hood.
"rhere is no difference, practically,
here in America between the City life on
4 fth avoDue in winter and the summer or
country life In 8 villa On Prospect avenue
IN Newport. American life practically
If )rds no contrasts between the cereno-
uies ana habits of city life and the free
dom Of English Country amusements.
American people apparently would not be
nappy if they lost the means Of
little social rounds Of amusement
and gossip which constitute the life Of q
big city. And, though there are places
where the ceremonies of life sre some
what relaxed, such ss at the the less
fashionable watering pisces, the general
system Of pleasure seeking seems 10 be to
repeat IN the summer the same round CT
pleasures which CONSTITUTES the life of New
Y ark in the winter. The villa system Of
existence is more conseDisI TO the Amer
icAn disposition than the country house
life of Eogland. The interest which an
E glishman Of means takes in laying out
d beautiful garden, in planting oroamen-
tai trees, aud surrounding him
self with what If called park
like grounds is not understood
or appreciated yet in America To
build very beautiful house (1othiDg l.
more remarkable than the maguifcence Of
| the private residences which one finds in
all oirection') is sufficient for the wealthy
American taste. An Eoglishman would
practically be bored with The same exist
ence with which an American seems te
delighted.
"The contrast of rest to activity which
We Ell j0y in the freedomof c0uutry life is
delicious experience which you have not
| yet learned TO cultivate. The company
of simply ones family and
few occasi nal friends living at ones
country place is delightful relaxation
to the lsbors of political life or the srdu.
Gus concerns Of 8 business man. More
over, this system OF living lends itself to
innumerable resources of luxury. Al
| American of wealth and re Il cement in this
country cannot expend more than Ger
| tain income on his pleasures and amu<e-
mentS. he may build a beautiful house
ct q fashionable watering plsce; he may
possess magnificent yacht: he msy have
beautifully appointed city residence
aud he may give his family every enjoy
ment they can wish for. Un'ess money is
absolutely thrown awsy it is impossible to
| spend vast income on such smuse-
meRts. There are men in the country
| who have the means TO crafty any
! pleasure they can possibly desire, aud the
countTy-life system of England, with the
mslY accessories which il DOsseSses